Green Gables Heritage Place is a 19th century farm and literary landmark
in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Green Gables
served as the setting for the Anne of Green Gables novels by Lucy
Maud Montgomery.
Green Gables is recognized as a Federal Historic
Building by the government of Canada and is situated on the L.M.
Montgomery's Cavendish National Historic Site of Canada. The National
Historic Site itself is situated on Prince Edward Island National
Park.
The building was initially erected during the 1830s, by the MacNeil
family, relatives of Montgomery, who was born nearby the homestead.
Interest in the Green Gables property grew in the decades after Montgomery
published her novels, resulting in Green Gables' purchase by
the government of Canada in 1936.
The government initially operated
the home as a historic house that depicted 19th century farming life on
Prince Edward Island. However, by the 1970s plans were undertaken
to refurbish the building to resemble Green Gables as depicted in
Montgomery's novels. Since 1985, Green Gables and the larger National
Historic Site operate as a museum of Lucy Maud Montgomery
and her novels.